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- Do you think they're haunted?

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Come thrift with me,

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this is the ghost of little Agatha.

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You never know what you're going

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to find at the thrift store.

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(upbeat music)

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I'm Maria Sherman from
Jezebel and I'm obsessed

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with Come Thrift with Me vlogs.

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They're a genre of
YouTube vlog that sounds

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exactly what the title suggests.

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It's a bunch of young women thrifting

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for stuff they can get at Urban Outfitters

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for half of the cost.

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I find them really relaxing,

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there's really something
in voyeuristic about them

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and I kind of want to try and make one

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and we'll see if I'm as obsessed
with them after the fact.

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(hip hop music)

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We are at Goodwill in downtown Brooklyn

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on Livingston Street.

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It is possibly the nicest Goodwill

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I've ever seen in New
York so let's get to it.

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So here we are at men's jeans.

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One of the more like basic
reason I think people can

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be really interested in
Come Thrift with Me vlogs

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is that they kind of
embody a lot of things

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that are popular with
other YouTube genres.

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And I think one of the like most basic

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ones or the ones that people
are most familiar with

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are ASMR videos.

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There's a lot of sounds
of like hangers kind of

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like scratching against the metal bar.

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I can enjoy the sounds of
stuff when I'm watching

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someone just thrift.

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Now I do know that a brand
that's really popular with

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a lot of Come Thrift with
Me vloggers are Levis 501s.

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I imagine because on young
women the probably present

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like a boyfriend pant.

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Another thing that vloggers like

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to do is look for name brands,

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especially those kind that I
sort of consider like very 90s

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brands that have come back in vogue.

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So your Adidas,

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your Nike,

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Champion.

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I see Adidas right here.

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That was so easy.

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Yeah so this is sort of a prime example

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I can pick that up

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of something that,

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I don't know what size this is.

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It's a large that like if
you wanted to thrift flip,

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which is the act of altering
something you find at

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a thrift store to make it trendier,

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you could easily crop
this or you could tuck

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it into a high waisted pant.

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So I'm in desperate need
of a new winter coat

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even though it is March
and hopefully winter

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will be over in New York soon.

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I think any vintage leathers
are always a quality find.

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Denim jackets that are
oversized or fitted,

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which is a rarity.

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I think this is a good
example of sometimes it

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just not working out or
maybe I am very picky

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when it comes to coats.

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My only thrifting hack is
if somebody's at one end

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start at the other.

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I wear a lot of black as I promise

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so maybe you'll find something.

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Like something like this
which is totally fine

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I just wish there was
something a little more

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personable about it.

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Also comes from H&M so I
guess can't really blame

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the thrift gods too much for that.

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And in case you're going to
prom, they've got you here.

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I think it's like
environmentally conscious

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to go thrifting as
opposed to just going to

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fast fashion stores and I
think young people are getting

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more of an awareness.

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Do I like that?

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Or does it look like a couch?

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This is the saddest thing that

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can happen in a thrift store I think

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other than finding something you like

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and not having it in your size

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is like when you see a
stain and you're like

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wow if someone washed
this before it got here,

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then that thing's never coming out.

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Oh I kind of like this.

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It kind of looks like,

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what are the

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like a magic eye test.

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Like there's if you
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there's going to be like a
dolphin or like a picture

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of an angel or something
in the middle of it.

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It is making me dizzy to look at

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so we'll just put it in the cart.

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So this Goodwill is unique in that

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they have a curated section.

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So think of it as comparable
to like a vintage store.

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It looks like a boutique
so let's go check it out

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because I've never been to one.

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And I will say these pieces
already I can tell are pricier

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than the traditional
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But like this like pleather,
I don't even know what this is

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this jacket from Marc by Marc Jacobs

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is still only $30 so that
doesn't seem terrible.

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They have full ass gowns here.

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What the hell?

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Is this a pants suit?

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That's a blazer,

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it has a scarf,

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it's blue.

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I feel like if I wore
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I've been on an expensive boat before.

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And I think it's time
to try these things on

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and hopefully that won't be too scary.

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Let's do it.

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So this first shirt is the Adidas shirt

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which makes me feel like I
am playing as somebody else

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and there is a humongous hole in it

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which I guess I am blind or was just

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too blinded by the brand,

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let that be a warning to
you capitalist shills,

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that I didn't see that it's
like completely destroyed.

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However if you did want to turn it

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into a crop top you could.

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I for one would never buy this.

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So this is the one that
I think looks like an

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optical illusion and I do
wish you could smell it

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because somebody cleaned
this a couple times

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before they thrifted it.

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However it's supposed to be a shirt dress

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and if I were to take
this skirt off and pull it

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all the way down it would
not go all the way down.

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Alright let's do the next one.

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So this is an Eloqui suit but
it actually fits really well.

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It is $60 which is unfortunate,

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but it's a whole suit,

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it comes with this little choker thing,

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it kind of goes with my shoes today

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which is a good sign
and normally something

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like this would retail for at least $300.

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I think it might come home with me.

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So thank you for joining me in this vlog.

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I am going to get this suit
and maybe I'll regret it later.

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But they have a good selection here.

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It was a lot of fun.

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I don't think I'm meant for YouTube.

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I don't think I will ever
vlog or even have a channel

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but I'll continue to watch

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Come Thrift with Me videos to relax.